My poor Yixing Teapot

I was given a yixing teapot long before my formal venture into tea, and had steeped jasmine dragon pearls in it several times (translate 5-6 times). I now know this was probably not the best idea, but it is what it is.

Fortunately I drink quite a bit of jasmine tea, so I don't think all is lost...but I value the board's opinion. Should I, at this point, make the big switch over and dedicate the misguided pot to a non floral oolong, or embrace my flowery side and make it my rogue jasmine pearl oolong yixing, bad-ass teapot?

How porous or dense the pot will probably be the deciding factor. If it's a dense pot, jasmine, or other teas on the lighter side of the tea spectrum will work. If it's porous, it would be better for teas like wuyi oolongs, black tea, or puerh.

I don't know of a sure-fire way to determine the density, but if you tap the side of the pot with the handle on the lid (very carefully!), porous will usually have a duller sound. Although, a duller sound light just mean that it's a thicker pot. Although, if it's a thicker pot, that alone would be a good enough reason to re-season it with another tea.

If it were me, I'd make it "my rogue jasmine pearl oolong yixing, bad-ass teapot." Sure, if you brew enough non-florals in it, eventually the jasmine essence will wane, but at the cost of having many, many pots of jasmine-hybrid teas.

If you ask me, I'd either do what Mary says, or just simply make it your jasmine yixing teapot. The problem with rededicating yixing teapots is that it is so time consuming, and not only that, you have to actually know what you are doing if you don't want to injure the clay. It's pretty much like reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling a new OS, only much more complicated.